Week 4 Quotes

“Look at the things around you, the immediate world around you,” he said. “If you are alive, it will mean something to you, and if you care enough about photography, and if you know how to use it, you will want to photograph that meaningness.”

Paul Strand's quote is stating that if you are passionate about photography it will show in your work. He is stating that when you care about photography there are pictures every where around you.


“Your photography is a record of your living--for anyone who really sees,” Strand said. “You may see and be affected by other people’s ways, you may even use them to find your own, but you will have to eventually free yourself from them.”

Paul is saying that no matter how influenced you are by others you and your photographs are unique to yourself. You will find your own style and way of doing things